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Originally Posted by RightinNYC  Taking your cues on evolutionary intelligence theory and the nature v. nurture debate from an 18th century philosopher is a pretty horrible idea. |
He's stated the obvious really, but you can see how the fellow supported public education. The problem, however, is that simply increasing tertiary education places (as in the case of Britain) is insufficient to narrow the income distribution.
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My point is that "habit, custom, and education" are pretty ****ing important. Further, nothing in that quote has any relation to my larger point, which is that mobility =/= improvement.
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Come now, you have the required material to point your finger in the air and slightly sigh. This is about
changes to social mobility generated by
changes in education investment. Instead of it providing a means to enable the more able student to break the class shackles, it has further imprisoned the Brits. At best, this suggests that the education system struggles to meet the human capital goal that the Adam Smith fans hope for. We're not getting the most able student investing such that the return from education is maximised. This partially reflects wealth differences (in simple investment talk, the silver spoon spod can borrow at a lower interest rate given his background). Attempting to remove this problem via university grants has not worked (although to be fair, the student never received a sufficiently high subsidy). Students drop out further down the education system (thus, the preference for 'further education' subsidies)
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No, it actually doesn't suggest that at all.
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Feckin ell thats an argument and a half (for Utah!)
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I don't really care about the language that you use, but in the future, could you please present your claim in a way that doesn't:
a) quote extensively from someone else's work that is only tangentially related, and
b) consist of overly conclusory arguments?
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Whinge n whine from someone that hasn't got to the first base in the debate. Limp their and then get back to me...